Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Come to my housewarming! You will need to get permission to enter via your email address. If I haven't already sent you an invitation, please don't take offense, I just pulled off my contact list. Comment here to request permission and I'll add your email to the approved list!

The title above should link to the new blog. Thanks for visiting my new home!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Apparently it's enough for a wombat to mature and venture out of her burrow! I tell ya', google image search is like divining tea leaves for me. I throw out a few words that encapsulate a moment or a feeling and what comes back gives me a focus and a context to make sense of it. This image emerged from a search of the words "seven months." I see myself in it. A little hairier than I'd like to be and in need of a pedicure. It has been seven months since I've posted here. Seven months since I talked about putting my feet on the ground.

Let me be clear here. I've allowed seven months to pass without posting. Posting here became something that invariably created tumult in my divorce no matter how hard I tried to choose words or avoid the topic altogether. It is taking me FOREVER to just craft these few sentences, both because I'm looking at every word through a microscope and because I have to keep deleting what keeps bubbling up to my fingertips. Some if it is catty and beneath me and I know that. I MISS THIS BLOG though! So I'm officially closing this one out. I hate to have to do that but I don't see any other option at this point. I will create a new one and pick up fresh. I have lots to say and lots I want to work on and process as I go. Fitness and body image will remain a primary focus, but not the only one.

Once I've set it up, I will post the address here in a final post. I will leave this blog open so people can read about last year, I've gotten lots of great feedback from bootcampers who found it helpful and I want to keep that available.

For now, I will need to secure the new blog. Not sure if that will be by password or by me granting permission to individual email addresses but I will let you know. I apologize for the hassle factor. Hopefully I can remove those barriers at some point. In the meantime, PLEASE don't hesitate to ask for a password or for access. I won't mind at all and would greatly appreciate any of you who still subscribe following me to my new home.

About Me

Years ago, when I was on another journey overseas, a friend gave me the nickname "Merino". He said I was short and fluffy and, at the time anyway, I had curly hair and he said I was like a hardy little sheep. To this day I still love that image and I think it fits with both of my goals. Sheep take small steps but can travel great distances. They are resistant to cold and wet weather conditions and gravitate toward remote spots but still understand the power of congregation. Of course, I also recognize the spiritual nature of both my goals and embrace the image of the flock as well.